Day and night Quote by Elizabeth Gaskell

She never called her son by any name but John; 'love' and 'dear', and such like terms, were reserved for Fanny.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“But manner Fanny did not want. Would they but love her, she should be satisfied.”

— Jane Austen

“When she was not persuading him that he was, like all men without a woman in their lives, utterly helpless, she indulged in an…

— Alanna Knight

To her, the name of father was another name for love.

— Fanny Fern

“As his widow, she knew who she was and what she had inherited. She had loved him in her way and sometimes missed him.…

— Colm Toibin

She loved him so much she concealed his name in many phrases, the inner meanings known only to her.

— Rumi

“Her husband, like her children, was a person who often annoyed her but whom she loved very deeply.”

— Coral Lansbury

“She also understood there was a hole in her heart where her son should be, that she was a wicked, selfish woman for wishing…

— Shannon Celebi

“Being a domestic man, John decidedly missed the wifely attentions he had been accustomed to receive, but as he adored his babies, he cheerfully…

— Louisa May Alcott

“This would be the way to Fanny's heart. She was not to be won by all that gallantry and wit and good-nature together could…

— Jane Austen

“She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister's marriage, been mistress…

— Jane Austen